Systems and Styles

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Hwa Rang Do

Hwa Rang Do: The Way of the Flower of Manhood

One of the oldest Korean arts of combat. Hwa rang do means "the way of the flower of manhood," since it was originally taught...

Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu

Matsubayashi-ryu is also known as Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu, It is a school of Okinawan Tomari-te karate founded by Shoshin Nagamine (1907-1997) in 1947. the Matsubayashi...
Goju-Ryu Karate

Goju-ryu Karate

Goju-ryu is well known as a hard/soft style of karate. Founded in the 1920s by Chojun Miyagi, the system blends the hard linear Okinawan...
Sports Karate and Traditional Fighting

Karate the Practical Fighting Art

A Karate block can also be a strike, lock or take down throw! The disciplined and dedicated practice of Karate, the practical fighting art, can...
Samurai

Samurai Japanese Warriors

The samurai (or bushi) were the members of the military class, the Japanese warriors.  Samurai employed a range of weapons such as bows and...
Vovinam

Vovinam

They beat the Chinese, the French, the Americans, and even Genghis Khan in war, so I figured the Vietnamese could teach this Brooklyn Monk...
Tai Chi

Tai Chi Grand Ultimate Fist

Tai Chi means "grand ultimate fist." Tai Chi is one of the oldest martial arts in the world. It is so old that its origins...
AmerROSS and Russian Martial Arts

Russian Martial Arts

Nikolay Travkin, President of AARMACS, Inc., American Academy for Russian Martial Art and Combat Skill, shares the history of Russian Martial Arts. The History of...
Korean Yudo

Tang Soo Do: A Mixture of Hard and Soft Styles

Tang Soo Do is a Korean martial art with an emphasis on kicking. Tang Soo Do stylists use what they feel are the strongest weapons on...
Kenwa Mabuni Shito-Ryu

Shito-ryu

Karate has been taught outside of Japan for almost 40 years, and was exported to the rest of the world along both stylistic and...
Taiyando

Taiyando Arte Marcial

Taiyando Arte Marcial is a Brazilian Self Defense method, although the name TAIYANDO is Chinese and means "Way of the Sun". It was idealized by João...
Kapap

History of Lotar and Kapap

Definition of the terms Krav Maga and Krav Panim le Panim (kapap): The following definition appears in the 1965 Army dictionary: Krav Panim Le...
Seieido Style

SeiEiDo

Seieido (Sei Ei Do The Elite Path of Mastery), was developed by Master Dave Johnson and is the perfect blend of numerous martial art...

San Shou

San Shou is a martial art which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon intense study of various traditional methods and combined...
Doce Pares

Doce Pares

Doce Pares is actually the conglomeration of various styles that each founding Master brought into the organization when it was formed in 1932. There...
Sumo

History of Sumo

Origins and Ancient Sumo The earliest written mention of sumo is found in the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters), a book from the year 712,...